Apron for malt-turning machines.



No. 753,227. PATENTED Am. 26, 1904.

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APRON FOR MALT TURNING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1903.

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No. 758,227. v, PATBNTBD APR. 26, 1904. D. D. WESGHLER.

I APRON FOR MALT TURNING MACHINES APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1903.

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DANIEL D. VVESCHLER, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

APRON FOR MALT-TURNING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,227, dated April 26, 1904.

Application filed July 25, 1903.

to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to aprons for maltturning machines adapted to travel on ways over a malting-fioor.

In Letters Patent of the United States No. 722,785, granted to me March 17, 1903, for a malt-turning machine I show and describe an apron on a malt-turning machine and its operation in connection therewith; and the object of this invention is to improve the construction of such a malt-turning-machine apron, so that the grain as it is thrown up against the apron by the operation of the machine will become more thoroughly intermixed in falling back upon the floor therefrom and at the same time be evenly distributed thereon. I accomplish this result by constructing an apron with longitudinal openings therein, the body of the apron being constructed of longitudinal rods or strips with openings between them, through which when grain is thrown up against the apron more or less of it passes in falling back upon the floor, and thereby becomes thoroughly intermixed and at the same time is evenly distributed upon the floor.

The construction and operation of this invention are hereinafter fully set forth and described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of my improved apron. Fig. 2 is a vertical section thereof on the line a: w in Fig. 1, and also shows the supporting arms and braces at one end of the apron. Fig. 3 is a front view in elevation of a modified construction of my invention.

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Fig. 4: is a transverse section thereof on the line y 3/ in Fig. 2, showing also the supportingarms at one end thereof.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, A is a rectangular frame in which I secure rows of longitudinal rods B B, so as to leave openings 0 between them. To the ends of the frame A arms F and braces F are secured, by means whereof the apron can be supported and adjusted at such angle as desired. In operation when grain is thrown up against the apron in falling back to the floor the greater portion thereof passes through the openings G between the rows of rods B and B thereof, whereby the grain is thoroughly intermixed, and in falling therefrom to the floor is dis tributed evenly thereon.

In the modified construction of my improved apron (shown in Figs. 3 and 4:) the frame A and the supports F F are the same as hereinbefore described; but in this case I make the body of the apron of longitudinal strips B B B B secured in the frame A, so as to leave horizontal openings C between them, and upon the lower rear edge of the strips B B B I secure strips D, which extend downward behind the openings 0, as illustrated in Fig. 4, so that grain thrown against the apronbody and passing through the openings C will fall directly to the floor. Over the faces of the strips 13*, B B, and B, I preferably stretch canvas E over beads Z) upon the upper and lower edges of the faces of said strips, and while I can utilize this modified construction of apron to good advantage in turning grain on a malting-floor yet I prefer the construction of apron body first hereinbefore '5 described, the salient features in both constructions being the openings in the apron through which the grain passes and which operate to intermix it and distribute it evenly as it falls therefrom to the floor.

I have thus shown and described a conven ient construction of my invention, which will enable others to construct and utilize the same;

but it is obvious that the construction shown can be modified in many respects without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Therefore What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination in an apron for malt- 5 turning machines, of a frame, and an apronbody secured therein consisting of rows, of horizontal members secured in said frame so as to leave openings between them, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

IO 2. The combination in an apron for maltturning machines of a rectangular frame, arms and braces thereon for attaching it to a malt-turning machine, and an apron-bod y consisting of roWs of horizontal members secured in said frame so as to leave horizontal 5 openings between them, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DANIEL D. WESOHLER.

WVitnesses:

H. M. STURGEON, F. J. BASSETT. 

